Of New Bedford North St. Joseph-St. Therese—St. Mary—Our Lady of Fatima “PARTNERING IN MISSION” The Churches are Handicap accessible. Weekend Masses 5:00 p.m.—Our Lady of Fatima Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 3-3:45 PM St. Joseph-St. Therese 4:15-4:45PM Our Lady of Fatima Sunday 6:15-6:45 PM St. Mary Adoration & Benediction 1st Wednesday of the Month 8:30AM-1PM at Our Lady of Fatima Prayer Group 7PM Tuesdays at Our Lady of Fatima ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE & MAILING ADDRESS St. Mary’s 106 Illinois Street, New Bedford, MA 02745 Telephone 508-995-3593 Fax 508-995-2453 Email [email protected]St. Joseph-St. Therese 51 Duncan Street New Bedford, MA 02745 508-995-5235 [email protected]Our Lady of Fama 4256 Acushnet Avenue New Bedford, MA. 02745 508-995-7351 www.ccnbn.org
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Of New Bedford North
St. Joseph-St. Therese—St. Mary—Our Lady of Fatima
“PARTNERING IN MISSION”
The Churches are Handicap accessible.
Weekend Masses
5:00 p.m.—Our Lady of Fatima
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 3-3:45 PM St. Joseph-St. Therese
4:15-4:45PM Our Lady of Fatima
Sunday 6:15-6:45 PM St. Mary
Adoration & Benediction
1st Wednesday of the Month 8:30AM-1PM at
Our Lady of Fatima
Prayer Group
7PM Tuesdays at Our Lady of Fatima
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE & MAILING ADDRESS St. Mary’s
106 Illinois Street, New Bedford, MA 02745 Telephone 508-995-3593
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Congratulations on the birth of your child! The church celebrates with you and is ready to prepare you if this is your FIRST child being baptized at our Parish. A welcoming instruction for parents and god-parents is required. Please call the Parish office to schedule this sacrament.
INITIATION OF ADULTS: Adults expressing an interest in becoming Catholic are invited to search through our RCIA formation process. For more information, please call the Parish Office.
FAITH FORMATION: Grades 1-9. First Eucharist is a two year program, grades 1 and 2. Confirmation is a two year program, grades 8 & 9.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Congratulations on your engagement! Please speak to Fr. Dan at least one year in advance of the intended date to allow adequate time for Parish and Diocesan Marriage preparation.
FOR OUR HOME-BOUND: Contact the Parish Office to receive Holy Communion at home if you are confined. THE SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: May be received after any weekday Mass or by appointment.
REMEMBRANCE BOOK
Is located near the tabernacle of St. Mary’s Church. This prayer book has been compiled to provide people with the opportunity to entrust their loved ones to God’s all embracing love.
ST MARY’S
14-day Memorial Candles:
In Memory of Lazaro Rosa by wife, Maria
In Memory of Priests who served at St.
Mary’s
Icon Candle:
In Memory of Robert Wilkinson by wife, Maria
Hosts for August:
In Memory of Roger Fernandes by wife, Pauline
Prayer to St. Thérèse,
the Little Flower
O Glorious St. Thérèse, whom Almighty
God has raised up to aid and inspire the
human family, I implore your miraculous
intercession. I fervently beseech you to
answer my petition…(here state your
request)...and to carry out your promises of
spending Heaven doing good upon earth.
Little Flower of Jesus, give me your
childlike faith, to see the face of God in all
people and experiences of my life, and to
love God with full confidence. Help me to
always believe, as you did, in God’s great
love for me, so that I might imitate your
“little way” each day. Amen.
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10
CHURCH FIRST SECOND ONLINE
OLF 1685.00 568.00 -
SMNB 4150.21 894.00 140.00
SJST 2941.00 1158.00
Parish Financials
THANK YOU to all who share their talent, time, presence, and support with our Parishes
Thank you for your faithful Stewardship of our
Parishes.
July 27/28 2019
Anyone wishing to dedicate candles or hosts in memory of a loved one, please call the Parish offices for more information.
7/7 7/14 7/21 7/28
4:00PM 288 248 140 215
5:00PM 65
7:30AM 134 154 162 171
9:00AM 202 178 172 154
10:30AM 327 325 410 440
7:00PM 242 274 276 230
MASS ATTENDANCE
ST JOSEPH-ST THERESE
MEMORIALS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST:
The Hosts are offered in memory of Oscar Freitas
at the request of his family.
The Sanctuary Lamp is offered for the greater
glory of God and in memory of John Santos, at the
request of his wife, Theresa & sons, Paul & Lenny.
Your prayers are requested for the repose of the souls in this week’s Mass intention; for the
souls in Purgatory; and for the deceased of our parish.
Weekend Mass Intentions Sunday Aug 4 10:30 AM Community Mass: Hugh Murray 7:00 PM For Parishioners Weekday Mass Intentions Monday Aug 5 8:00 AM Peter Colangelo by father, Angelo Friday Aug 9 8:00 AM Joseph Costa by daughter, Dolores & family
Next Weekend Sunday Aug 11 10:30 AM Community Mass: Joseph & Helen Gonet, Eugene & Wanda Mogilnicki, Lazaro Rosa, David Silva, Georgiana & Napoleon Ouellette, Kathleen Hughes, Danny Nadeau 7:00 PM Francisco Medeiros by daughter
August 4, 2019
Your prayers are requested for the repose of the souls in this week’s Mass intention; for the
souls in Purgatory; and for the deceased of our parish.
Weekend Mass Intentions Saturday Aug 3 4:00 PM Community Mass: Parish Family, Setelvio Mota, 1st Ann. (His wife), Maxime & Anna LeBlanc, Birthday Rem. (Marie Branchaud), Jeannette Gallant, 17th Ann. (Joleen & Family), Miss Jean Gonet (Lina Mar cotte), Broudeur & Levesque Families (Marie-Ange & Pauline Levesque), Peter Dumont by mother & family (7th anniversary) Sunday Aug 4 7:30 AM Joseph Ouellette, Birthday Rem. (His wife Vivian & Family) Weekday Mass Intentions Tuesday Aug 6 8:00 AM Antoinette Letourneau by Joan, Paul & Denise Carrier Horace Joaquin by niece, June Thursday Aug 8 8:00 AM Antoinette Letourneau by Joan, Paul & Denise Carrier Chris Rodrigues by Mom Next Weekend Saturday Aug 10 4:00 PM Kenneth Cotta by sister, Pat, Lafrance Sunday Aug 11 7:30 AM Parish Family, Roland R. Vigeant by family (3rd Anniversary) Shirley Smith by husband
Mass Intentions: St. Mary’s
Mass Intentions: St. Joseph-St. Therese
Mass Intentions: Our Lady of Fatima
Your prayers are requested for the repose of the souls in this week’s Mass intention; for the
souls in Purgatory; and for the deceased of our parish.
Weekend Mass Intentions Saturday Aug 3 5:00 PM For Parishioners Sunday Aug 4 9:00 AM John, Maria & Agnes Santos & Family, Gary Medeiros, Fr. Roger Levesque Weekday Mass Intentions Wednesday Aug 7 8:00 AM Conceicao Cabral, Ellen Banach Sultana, Raoul LeBlanc, Paul Daniel Next Weekend Saturday Aug 10 5:00 PM For Parishioners Sunday Aug 11 9:00 AM Eileen Ferreira, Domingos & Maria Alves & family, Bradford J. Simmons
Youth and Youth Education
RCIA
“I have called you by name" Isaiah 43:1 “What is a holy moment? It is a moment when you do exactly what you sense God is calling you to do. (Matthew Kelly) Is this the moment that you know God is calling you to become fully initiated in the Catholic Faith. Are you ready to make yourself completely available to God at this moment? Take some time this week to seek information regarding the RCIA Program offered through the Catholic Community of New Bedford North by calling the office at 508-995-3593.
Faith Formation Registration for the Faith Formation Pro-gram for Catholic Community of New Bed-ford North will take place according to the following schedule: St. Joseph/St. Therese -- August 17th and 24th after the 4PM Mass
St. Joseph/St. Therese -- August 18th and 25th after the 7:30 AM Mass Our Lady of Fatima – Aug. 24th and Aug. 31st after the 5:00 PM Mass Our Lady of Fatima – Aug. 31st and Sept. 1st after the 9:00 PM Mass St. Mary’s – September 8th and 15th after the 10:30 AM and 7:00 PM Masses You may register your children at any of the parishes that make up the Catholic Community of New Bedford North, whichever is most convenient for you according to the above schedule
Registration Fee Schedule Grades 1,3,4,5,6,7- $35.00 per child / $50.00 per family
Sacramental Years Grade 2 – First Penance/First Communion - $50.00 ($25
for Catholic School Students) Grades 8 and 9 – Confirmation I and II - $70.00 ($35 for
Catholic School Students) Checks may be made payable to St. Mary’s Faith For-
mation
If you have any questions or concerns regarding
registration for our new Faith Formation Program
please feel free to contact Mr. B at pastoralassoci-
2. To give back and do some good for our Parish and our
community
We have activities planned through the summer so
please consider joining and spread the word to your
friends.
Please email any questions about the program to Rick
Rezendes at Bud3738 @comcast.net
VOCATION CHALICE Will YOU promote vocations by host-ing the Parish “Vocations Chal-ice” in your home? If you are in-terested in hosting and praying for vocations for one week, please sign up by calling 508-995-3593 or email Fr. Dan at
[email protected]. The chalice case will be presented at Mass after Communion.
Interested in Scouting?
Call St. Joseph-St. Therese
Parish Office
The Franciscan Friars invite you to join them in welcoming St. Anthony of Padua to Saint Anthony’s Church, Barstow
Street, Mattapoisett. Holy Mass at 8 AM, Veneration after Mass until 1:30 PM. St. Anthony will be visiting in the form of
two precious and first-class relics from the Pontifical Basilica in Padua, Italy. The relics will be accompanied by Father
Alessandro Ratti, one of the OFM Conventual Franciscan Friars who minister in the Basilica where the Saint is buried.
Prayer petitions with holy cards will be distributed by Friar Alessandro to allow parishioners to write their personal
prayer petition to the saint. The writing of your intentions is a worldwide tradition when venerating a relic of a saint.
Father Alessandro will bring the petitions back to the Basilica in Padua and place them at the tomb of St. Anthony. The
tour officially ends back at the Tomb of St. Anthony where the Friars will gather to pray for our intentions and petitions.
To learn more about St. Anthony of Padua, please visit: www.saintanthonyofpadua or call Tom Muscatello, North
America Representative, at 914.263.8841. The relic of St. Anthony will also be visiting St. Anthony of Padua Church
in New Bedford on August 29. Please call 508-993-1691 for more information.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter "Thus will it be for all who store up treasure for
Youth Ministry. St. Mary’s already has a budding nucleus for youth ministry, and we hope to enlarge the group by
reaching out to St. Joseph-St. Therese and Our Lady of Fatima, inviting their young people to participate and live
their faith. We have already begun planning our Sunday evening 7PM as a Youth/Young adult Mass. ALL are wel-
come, but we hope to especially reach our teens trough prayer and worship by introducing a modified life teen pro-
gram, Again, we will be bringing together all of those who have volunteered in this area in the past. There are bright
lights in all our parishes. St. Joseph-St. Therese has a vibrant scouting program that can be expanded to the youth of
the collaborative to develop another avenue of supporting our young people.
Administration. Instead of replicating the same tasks and roles three ways, we are slowly bringing all our administra-
tive roles into a unified vision. This will not only save some money, but it will also improve the services we can pro-
vide to our collaborative. Work continues discerning and developing a central administrative office space. We are de-
veloping a new central data base with parishioners from all three parishes to allow quicker and more efficient means
of record keeping and communication.
Patience. Is a virtue that is needed to be practiced by all at this time. There are going to be bumps in the road. We are
learning to fly the plane while the plane is airborne. We are working on multiple areas simultaneously while monitor-
ing mass attendance and finances and hearing the compliments and frustrations of parishioners. Give us the time to
sort things out and orchestrate this new paradigm. In short, don’t jump out of the plane, (even with a parachute) you
have two pilots and a crew working hard to get through the turbulence and arrive at our destination safely.
An adjustment in our Tri-Parish Mass Schedule:
On June 30th, when the Catholic Community of New Bedford announced its mass schedule, we shared also that we
would “monitor mass attendance closely and continue to meet and make adjustments along the way, until together, we figure out what mass schedule will be best for everyone.” After doing just that these past few weeks, Fr. Raposo and I would like to make two adjustments:
The noon mass on Tuesday and Thursday at St. Joseph-St. Therese will move to 8AM to allow more regulars from
all three parishes to attend beginning July 23rd. A 6:30pm evening mass is being discussed for the fall de-
pending on parishioner interest.
We will add a Saturday, 5PM Vigil beginning July 27th at Our Lady of Fatima. The church is air conditioned and
may be more comfortable for some of older parishioners during the warmth of these summer months. Fr.
John and I will be alternating churches for the vigils as we have been doing for the Sunday schedule.
Please know, we will continue to monitor mass attendance and make minor adjustments along the way, until togeth-
er, we figure out what mass schedule will be best for everyone. We remain grateful for your continued patience and
prayers.
Today is the Peter’s Pence Collection, a
worldwide collection that supports the charita-
ble works of Pope Francis. Funds from this
collection help victims of war, oppression, and natural disasters. Take this opportunity to join with Pope Francis and be a witness of charity
to our suffering brothers and sisters. Please
be generous today. For more information, visit
www.usccb.org/peters-pence.
St. Vincent de Paul meeting will be Wednesday, August 14th, at 6:45 PM.
August 15th is a holy day of obligation – We celebrate the Assumption of our Blessed Mother into heaven. Our Mass schedule for the holy day will be Thursday, August 15th at Our Lady of Fatima—8:00 A.M., St. Mary’s—12 Noon and St. Joseph-St. Therese—7:00 P.M. Please plan to attend.
Catholic Social Services—
financial workshops and one—on—one counseling
(confidential & free of charge) to anyone facing
financial difficulties. Call CSS at 508-997-7337.
“SERVICE IS THE PRICE WE
PAY FOR BEARING THE
NAME CHRISTIAN”
PASTORAL STAFF
Very Rev. Daniel W. Lacroix, V.F. Co-Pastor & Moderator [email protected] Rev. John A. Raposo Co-Pastor Rev. Deacon Tony Pimentel Permanent Deacon Mr. David Beaulieu Pastoral Associate
Mrs. Peggy Lenihan Finance & Operations [email protected] Mrs. Linda Marie Del Val Bookkeeper Mrs. Lou Bernardo Secretary Mrs. Lucy A. Pinto Secretary
Ms. Cherie Jupin Coordinator of Faith Formation Grades 1-4 508-264-4820 Ms. Sue Pacheco Coordinator of Faith Formation Grades 5-7 Mr. Thomas Leman Stewardship Coordinator Mrs. Barbara Bonville Director of Adult Enrichment [email protected] Mrs. Suzanne Beaulieu RCIA Coordinator [email protected] Mrs. Patricia Ferreira Music Director [email protected] Patrick and Denise Gannon OLF Music Director
Mr. Tobey Burke Facilities Manager [email protected] Mr. Martin Flinn Groundskeeper
508-995-3696 for more information or to schedule a tour. www.ascsnb.org
We invite you to visit All Saints Catholic School and experience our intimate environment where stu-
dents feel safe, welcomed and loved — and form friendships that last a lifetime.
All Saints Ca†holic School
Preschool—Grade 8
Thinking about pre-school for your child? All Saints Catholic School has separate pre-school programs for 3 and 4 year olds! Safe, affordable, faith-filled play based learning and social development - available three, four or five days per week. Together with ASCS Summer Program, we provide quality education and child care nearly year round for children age 3 through Grade 8! Limited seats available in grades 1 - 8. If you or someone you know is interested in excellent educational opportunity in a faith based environment, please contact Sue Massoud at 508-995-3696 or email [email protected] for more information.
Women’s A.A.
Women’s Closed Meeting Alcoholics Anonymous:
St . Joseph-St. Therese on Saturdays in the parish hall from
9:00-10:15AM
A Monthly presider schedule is available for viewing or download at ccnbn.org
Jewelry Sale— This Sunday, August 4 after the 10:30AM and
